The last bright glow...

A lovely photograph (possibly from her garden) posted by my blogger friend Sangeeta, who blogs about organic cooking, healthy cooking, traditional foods, ayurveda and gardens.

healthfood desivideshi
homealone
ayurveda on my plate
banaras ka khana

This made me think. We make so much fuss of illnesses, often when they are age-related. One of the side effects of having a brain, I guess.

And then there is the life of this leaf, splendorously filigreed in dedication to the earth, returning to it, as it bravely approaches the end....

(photo by Sangeeta Khanna)
Blood coursing
unhindered,
unblocked,
racing to heal;

The sap of the earth,
climbing
in immense
sharing
and
self belief,
through trunks
to the coquettish edges
of a
disgruntled leaf;

Helpful thoughts
rushing your mind,
hurrying
the feet
to reach somewhere in time.

It all ends
when the flow stops.
And, life
is all about
how well you
allowed it to flow....

And while we
rue
the stoppage
in geriatric despair,
somewhere,
the delicate green
has turned
bravely,
to
a filigree gold,
like an ode to nature
before
dropping,
silently, back to earth....